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We have searched 101 Classical transneptunian objects for companions with the Hubble Space Telescope. Of these, at least 21 are binary. The heliocentric inclinations of the objects we observed range from 0.6-34 degrees. We find a very…

Numerical simulations suggest that Neptune primordial co-orbitals may outnumber the equivalent population hosted by Jupiter, yet the objects remain elusive. Since the first discovery in 2001 just 10 minor planets have been identified as…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-28 C. de la Fuente Marcos , R. de la Fuente Marcos

We present the results of a survey for trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) based on Subaru archival images, originally collected by Sheppard et al. (2005) as part of a search for irregular satellites of Uranus. The survey region covers 2.8…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-23 Cesar I. Fuentes , Matthew J. Holman

The accumulating, but small, set of large semi-major axis trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) shows an apparent clustering in the orientations of their orbits. This clustering must either be representative of the intrinsic distribution of these…

From two observing runs during the 2014 summer at Calar Alto Observatory in Almer\'ia (Spain) and at Sierra Nevada Observatory in Granada (Spain), we were able to derive CCD photometry of the Trans-Neptunian Object 2008 OG$_{19}$. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Estela Fernández-Valenzuela , Jose Luis Ortiz , René Duffard , Pablo Santos-Sanz , Nicolás Morales

Centaurs are the transitional population between trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and Jupiter-family comets. For this reason it is possible to access the smaller ones, which is more difficult to do with the TNO population. The goal of this…

The thermal emission of transneptunian objects (TNO) and Centaurs has been observed at mid- and far-infrared wavelengths - with the biggest contributions coming from the Spitzer and Herschel space observatories-, and the brightest ones also…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 Thomas Müller , Emmanuel Lellouch , Sonia Fornasier

We present the results of a five-day monitoring campaign with XMM-Newton of six X-ray bright young stellar objects (YSOs) in the star-forming complex L1551 in Taurus. All stars present significant variability on the five-day time scale.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Giardino , F. Favata , B. Silva , G. Micela , F. Reale , S. Sciortino

As part of our continuing study of light variability in proto-planetary nebulae (PPNe), we present the results from a long-term study of nine southern hemisphere objects. We have monitored their light variations over a nine-year interval…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 Bruce J. Hrivnak , Gary Henson , Todd C. Hillwig , Wenxian Lu , Matthew T. Bremer , David M. Vogl , Peyton J. Grimm , Sean M. Egan

New observations are presented of four evolved objects that display long, multi-year variations in their light curves. These are interpreted as good evidence of their binary nature, with the modulation caused by the barycenter motion of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-23 Bruce J. Hrivnak , Wenxian Lu , Gary Henson , Todd C. Hillwig

We have started since 1997 the Meudon Multicolor Survey of Outer Solar System Objects with the aim of collecting a large and homogeneous set of color data for Trans-Neptunian and Centaurs objects [...] We have a combined sample of 52 B-R…

A stellar occultation by a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) provides an opportunity to probe its size and shape. Very few occultations by TNOs have been sampled simultaneously from multiple locations, while a robust estimation of shadow size…

Asteroids that follow similar orbits may have a dynamical connection as their current paths could be the result of a past interaction with a massive perturber. The pair of extreme trans-Neptunian objects or ETNOs (474640) 2004 VN112-2013…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 C. de la Fuente Marcos , R. de la Fuente Marcos , S. J. Aarseth

Transneptunian objects (TNOs) are a source of invaluable information to access the history and evolution of the outer solar system. However, observing these faint objects is a difficult task. As a consequence, important properties such as…

Using data from the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope, we present photometric observations of a sample of 100 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) beyond 2.2 {\mu}m. These observations, collected with two broad-band filters…

Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) in the scattered disk with 50 < a < 100 au are thought to cluster near Neptune's n:1 resonances (e.g: 3:1, 4:1, and so on). While these objects spend lengthy periods of time at large heliocentric distances, if…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Matthew S. Clement , Scott S. Sheppard

From its discovery, the low density transiting Neptune HAT-P-26b showed a 2.1-sigma detection drift in its spectroscopic data, while photometric data showed a weak curvature in the timing residuals that required further follow-up…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 C. von Essen , S. Wedemeyer , M. S. Sosa , M. Hjorth , V. Parkash , J. Freudenthal , M. Mallonn , R. G. Miculan , L. Zibecchi , S. Cellone , A. F. Torres

We study large trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) using stellar occultations. We derive precise astrometric predictions for stellar occultations by Eris, Haumea, Ixion, Makemake, Orcus, Quaoar, Sedna, Varuna, 2002 TX300, and 2003 AZ84 for…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Assafin , J. I. B. Camargo , R. Vieira Martins , F. Braga-Ribas , B. Sicardy , A. H. Andrei , D. N. da Silva Neto